100% on the gut theory. When my poops are soft and nasty and I poop twice a day, I have zero libido and can’t feel my penis. My poops used to be very different a few years ago. They’d be big and hard and I’d feel like a new man after I dropped a big one. I also have reflux and other GI issues. Sucks… My stool test came back clean but maybe they weren’t looking for the right things.
Check the link i posted above, tell you which test to do in it, regular stool test dont show much. It wont show that you have leaky gut for example.
Ive seen quite a few posts like this. Abnormal gastric motility or gastric emptying might be something to keep in mind as well. I think it might be safe to say with some types of GI issues that could cause abnormal muscle movement, you can forget about normal sexual function. This abnormal muscle movement might have as much to do as whats going on in the colon and gi tract in general as it does the penis.
The intestinal microbiome, the periastalsis, the quality of the digestion, the absorption of the food, etc … They are all mediated by the hormones and their relative receptors. Most likely, the digestive problems you have with PFS are just a consequence, not the cause.
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@sikllindil, need you be reminded of the community guidelines regarding member generated theories?
https://forum.propeciahelp.com/faq#theories
Your last post had been edited to explain that your claim of the cause of PFS is your personal view, rather than a verifiable fact. Further comments of this nature will be deleted without warning.
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Thank you for the notice
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What if certain bacteria could induce PFS? Then what?
People here seem highly sensitive to numerous environmental factors, be it drugs, supplements, or diet.
Why couldnt this be the case with certain bacteria and/or its metabolites?
This type of effect is what might have the potential to linger much longer, similar to a persons genetic code.
Bacteria itself might be vital to both the living and dying process. Something that could also shape lifelong health outside of genetics, but the two could go hand in hand or maybe compensate for one another.
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Douglasmich (R.I.P.), made 5 fecal trasplant, before die, without any success. He said that hormones are more strong than bacteria.
Douglasmich (R.I.P.), made 5 fecal trasplant, before die, without any success. He said that hormones are more strong than bacteria.
This summarises it.
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Fecal Transplants are only legal in the States for c.diff infections. Even if given the opportunity I would never chance a fecal transplant. Just look at everything people are sensitive to. To me this would be a risk factor based on the randomness of a fecal transplant and whats unknown as to why they even work in the first place for some but not for others. This would be a type of possible immune challenge I would not want to risk.
Im actually looking beyond the colon or above it atm, more so the site of nutrient absorption, the stomach and small intestine. I look at the colon as waste and garbage, something to not be reabsorbed and kept in check. Bacterial translocation from the colon to the small intestine would be more of a concern, especially for people that no longer have normal bowel movements.
Here’s a quick example. So is this a good thing? idk. its abnormal. You see low stomach acid in older adults as well as a possible negative part of the aging process.
Occurrence of Bifidobacteriaceae in human hypochlorhydria stomach
Bifidobacteriaceae , important autochthonous and beneficial bacteria of human gastrointestinal microbiota, could over-colonize the stomach of hypochlorhydria patients
The intriguing question is whether this atypical microbiota colonization exerts positive or negative effect on the host.
Then we look at a very popular probiotic,
Effect of Bifidobacterium infantis 35624 (Align) on the Lactulose Breath Test for Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth.
This study found that 2 weeks of B. infantis 35624 (Align) supplementation affects LBT assessment for SIBO by significantly increasing methane, but not hydrogen, excretion after lactulose administration. Methane levels reached values that would be considered positive for SIBO patients.
Also this bacteria strain is antibiotic resistant, and this is a probiotic! or is it?
So fecal transplant?
No Thanks.
The bifidobacterium longum 35624® culture transits in high numbers through the human gut
Independent of delivery format, the 35 624® strain was detected in stool at day 7 in a viable form at levels greater than 1×104 CFU/g of stool. Transit of viable 35 624® strain in a patient with long term antibiotic use was confirmed demonstrating that the Zithromax did not affect the 35 624® viability under the conditions of the experiment.